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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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121 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 July 1776 | 1776-07-11 | You seem to be situated in the Place of greatest Tranquility and Security, of any upon the... |
122 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 15 July 1776 | 1776-07-15 | My very deserving Friend, Mr. Gerry, setts off, tomorrow, for Boston, worn out of Health, by the... |
123 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 July 1776 | 1776-07-16 | In a Letter from your Uncle Smith, and in another from Mr. Mason which I received by this days... |
124 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 July 1776 | 1776-07-20 | I cannot omit the Opportunity of writing you, a Line, by this Post. This Letter will I suppose,... |
125 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 July 1776 | 1776-07-20 | This has been a dull day to me: I waited the Arrival of the Post with much Solicitude and... |
126 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1776 | 1776-07-23 | This Mornings Post brought me yours of July 13 and 14 and has relieved me from an huge Load of... |
127 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 July 1776 | 1776-07-27 | Disappointed again.—The Post brought me no Letter from you, which I dont wonder at much, nor any... |
128 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 July 1776 | 1776-07-29 | How are you all this Morning? Sick, weak, faint, in Pain; or pretty well recovered? By this Time,... |
129 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1776 | 1776-07-30 | This is one of my fortunate days. The Post brought me, a Letter from you and another from my... |
130 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 August 1776 | 1776-08-03 | The Post was later than usual to day, so that I had not yours of July 24 till this Evening. You... |
131 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 August 1776 | 1776-08-06 | Yours of 29 July came by this days Post, and made me very happy. Nabby, Charles, and Tommy, will... |
132 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 August 1776 | 1776-08-10 | Yours of 30. and 31 July was brought me, to day, by Captain Cazneau. I am happy to think that... |
133 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 August 1776 | 1776-08-12 | Mr. A. setts off, to day, if the Rain should not prevent him, with Coll. Whipple of Portsmouth: a... |
134 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 August 1776 | 1776-08-12 | Mr. A. and Coll. Whipple, are at length gone. Coll. Tudor went off with them. They went away,... |
135 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 August 1776 | 1776-08-13 | Geography is a Branch of Knowledge, not only very usefull, but absolutely necessary, to every... |
136 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 August 1776 | 1776-08-14 | This is the Anniversary of a memorable day, in the History of America: a day when the Principle... |
137 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 August 1776 | 1776-08-18 | My Letters to you are an odd Mixture. They would appear to a Stranger, like the Dish which is... |
138 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 August 1776 | 1776-08-20 | Yours without a Date, but written, as I suppose about the Twelfth of August came by the Post this... |
139 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 August 1776 | 1776-08-21 | Yesterday Morning I took a Walk, into Arch Street, to see Mr. Peele’s Painters Room. Peele is... |
140 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 August 1776 | 1776-08-25 | The day before Yesterday and Yesterday, We expected Letters and Papers by the Post, but by some... |
141 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 August 1776 | 1776-08-27 | Within this half Hour, I received yours of the 18 by the Post. I have only Time before the Post... |
142 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 August 1776 | 1776-08-28 | Mr. Benjamin Smith of S. Carolina, was kind enough to send forward from New York, your Favour of... |
143 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 August 1776 | 1776-08-30 | The two Armies, on Long Island have been shooting at each other, for this whole Week past, but We... |
144 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 September 1776 | 1776-09-04 | Mr. G erry arrived Yesterday, and brought me yours of August 17. and soon afterwards the Post... |
145 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 September 1776 | 1776-09-05 | Mr. Bass arrived this Day, with the joyfull News, that you were all well. By this Opportunity, I... |
146 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 September 1776 | 1776-09-06 | This day, I think, has been the most remarkable of all. Sullivan came here from Lord Howe, five... |
147 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 September 1776 | 1776-09-14 | Yesterday Morning I returned with Dr. F. and Mr. R. from Staten Island where We met L ord H owe... |
148 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1776 | 1776-09-16 | The Postmaster at N. York, in a Panick, about a fortnight ago fled to Dobbs’s Ferry, about 30... |
149 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 September 1776 | 1776-09-21 | Yours of Septr. 9. I have received. Septr. 5. I sent you another Cannister by Mr. Hare. I have... |
150 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 September 1776 | 1776-09-22 | We have at last agreed upon a Plan, for forming a regular Army. We have offered 20 dollars, and... |
151 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1776 | 1776-09-25 | I have only Time to say, by Mr. Taylor, that I am not worse than I have been—that however, I... |
152 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 October 1776 | 1776-10-04 | I send you, all the News. When I do not write I suffer more Pain than you do, when you dont... |
153 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 October 1776 | 1776-10-04 | I am seated, in a large Library Room, with Eight Gentlemen round about me, all engaged in... |
154 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 October 1776 | 1776-10-05 | Mr. Eliot brought me yours of Septr. 21, this day. My Health is rather better than worse. The... |
155 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1776 | 1776-10-07 | I have been here, untill I am stupified. If I set down to write even to you, I am at a Loss what... |
156 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 October 1776 | 1776-10-08 | I ought to acknowledge with Gratitude, your constant Kindness in Writing to me, by every Post.... |
157 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 October 1776 | 1776-10-11 | I suppose your Ladyship has been in the Twitters, for some Time past, because you have not... |
158 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 January 1777 | 1777-01-09 | The irresistable Hospitality of Dr. Sprague and his Lady has prevailed upon me, and my worthy... |
159 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 January 1777 | 1777-01-13 | The Riding has been so hard and rough, and the Weather so cold that We have not been able to push... |
160 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 January 1777 | 1777-01-14 | It is now generally believed here that G. Washington has killed and taken at least two Thousands... |
161 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 January 1777; 18 … | ≈1777-01-17 | After a March like that of Hannibal over the Alps We arrived last Night at this Place, Where We... |
162 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 January 1777 | 1777-01-19 | There is too much Ice in Hudsons River to cross it in Ferry Boats and too little to cross it,... |
163 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 January 1777 | 1777-01-20 | This Morning We crossed the North River at Poughkeepsie, on the Ice, after having ridden many... |
164 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 24 January 1777 | 1777-01-24 | We have at last crossed the Delaware, and are agreably lodged in Easton, a little Town, situated... |
165 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 February 1777 | 1777-02-02 | Last Evening We arrived safe in this Town after the longest Journey, and through the worst Roads... |
166 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 February 1777 | 1777-02-03 | This Day has been observed in this Place, with exemplary Decency and Solemnity, in Consequence of... |
167 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 February 1777 | 1777-02-07 | I am at last after a great deal of Difficulty, settled in comfortable Quarters, but at an... |
168 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 February 1777 | 1777-02-07 | I think, in some Letter I sent you, since I left Bethlehem, I promised you a more particular... |
169 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1777 | 1777-02-10 | Yesterday, I took a long Walk with our Secretary Mr. Thompson to a Place called Fells Point, a... |
170 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 February 1777 | 1777-02-10 | Fells Point, which I mentioned in a Letter this Morning, has a considerable Number of Houses upon... |